Crew's Different Tale After Colusa Wreck Off Hawaiian Islands
Wrecked bark Colusa crew dispute captain's account. Seaman O'Brien says ship faced mismanagement and insufficient officers, struck Cape in a gale, leaked, drifted toward Baranof Island, abandoned ship, then drifted in lifeboats with scarce food until finding sugar and canned goods. The Colusa reportedly sank near a cliff with no beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colusa
O'Brien
Hawaiian Islands
Monoalu
Cape
Baranoft Island
Aca
Enormous Blast Destroys Beaver Creek Dam Site
Cripple Creek district officials report a massive explosion at a dam site near Cameron. A 100 foot tunnel was driven into a bluff and 9 000 pounds of dynamite detonated, removing the butte 6 feet above Beaver Creek as guests watched. Debris will be used in a 4 000 cubic foot rock campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Vesuvius
Beaver Creek
Cameron
Cripple Creek
Pike's Peak
Receptions at the White House for 1900 Season
The White House entertainment program for 1900 is set, starting with the New Year morning reception and ending with the public Ash Wednesday event. Wednesday will host evening receptions and state dinners, affecting cabinet and diplomatic corps affairs. The New Year order lists the Cabinet families, Diplomats, Supreme Court, senators and representatives, and the armed services led by Gen Miles and Admiral Dewey. Ladies attend the New Year reception but not cabinet houses or high military residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
White House
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Gen
Mike
Admiral Dewey
White Home
Gen. Miles
Quiet Christmas Day in Seattle as Churches Remain Sparse
Seattle observes a quiet Christmas with most churches delaying services to Sunday and streets largely empty except for theatergoers. Salvation Army serves about 500 needy people at the hall on Yesterday and Second Avenue South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Salvation Army
Second Avenue
Train Collision Damages Cars Injure Ten in New Albany
At 7:95 o'clock engine No. 19 of the Air Line road and the Pennsylvania suburban train traveling between St. Louis and New Albany collided at Vincennes and Main streets. The Pennsylvania train carried 180 passengers. One coach was struck mid car and toppled over. Ten passengers were injured mostly women but likely none seriously.
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New Albany
Ind
Air Lane Road
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Vincennes
Main Streets
Great Hall for Convention in Philadelphia Planned
Architects and builders propose converting the exposition main building into a mammoth hall for the convention. The north pavilion remains for committee rooms and offices while a large stage and tiered seating will serve 18 600 spectators. Project cost estimated at 250 000 dollars including folding chairs and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Amd
Galeries
Hape
Restoration of Convention Hall Auditorium and Arcade
Engineer in Chief John Birkinbine states the restored auditorium and east and west arcades of the center pavilion will be ready for the committee. The design includes restaurants coat rooms and more. The hall will seat about 18 000 and be larger than Madison Square Garden according to investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clouse
John Birkinbine
Madison Square Garden
Fighting Boers Near Capetown Rally of English Officers
Louise Be Browne of the city employed by the British-American line reports her half-brother Colonel Darker has arrived in Capetown with a detachment of British artillery en route to the front. Browne also notes two other brothers serving in the English army Captain Guy Broome Royal Artillery at Ladysmith and Colonel Windham Twenty-third Lancas to Natal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise BE. Browne
Col
Darker
Capetown
Mr. Broome
South Africa
Capt
Guy & Broome
Royal Artillery
Ladysmith
Col. Windham
Lancera
Natal
Benefits for Philippine veterans may gain new rights
Congress weighs extending homestead and pension rights to veterans of the Philippines and other recent wars. Bill before Congress would grant 160 acres of public land to ex soldiers who served in Cuba Porto Rico or the Philippines with conditions for shorter service. Senator Foster proposes similar homestead protections aligning with earlier 1861 1865 laws. Public sentiment pushes for survey and opening of lands for claims.
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Washington
DD. C
Congress
Senator Foster
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Businessman Southwick Sees No East Panic Damage
H. G. Southwick of McDougall and Southwick arrived from New York last Sunday and believes the late panic in the East has caused no special damage to trade and business conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Southwick
McDougall & Southwick
New York
East
Wreck Dawn Tragedy Delays Westbound Freight
Northern Pacific wrecked Christmas morning six miles east of Hearmouth leaving four dead Engineer K B Rheim fireman C A Dickson and two unknown tramps among the dead. Injured include Wallace Hix seriously burned, Engineer J W Beebe and Conductor L A Yoke hurt. Night operator at Honita fell asleep causing the collision after a heavy westbound freight passed the siding.
Minnesota Blaze Destroys Block of Hastings Businesses
A major Christmas morning fire in Hastings Minnesota destroyed three blocks of business buildings. The blaze caused widespread destruction, left loans totaling two hundred dollars, and left many workers unemployed or homeless.
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Patl
Dec
Hastings
Minn
Stanford to Meet All-Seattle at M C A Grounds
Stanford schedules a seven day countdown to a matchup with All-Seattle at the M C A grounds. The Seattle squad features top coast players while Murphy leads Stanford as captain of the Thanksgiving team.
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Stanford
Seattle
M.C. A
Friends of the
Seattle Boys
Murphy
A Rare Good Thing White's Sayings
The column by C. V. White, a prominent local advertising man, is late but bright and breezy. The editor promises it won’t occur again and the paper has already secured a place and should be a permanent success.
All for Her Soldier Son
A widow near Fenton was found ill and destitute, having given up necessities to send money to her soldier son in the Philippines. The friend who discovered her noted she endured hardship to support him despite a sufficient income for comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Dec
Rawdon
Philippines
Strow
Fenton
Berkeley Holds Carlisle Indians 2 to 0 in Rainy Contest
Berkeley, among the nation’s top teams, defeated the Carlisle Indians 2 to 0 before about six thousand fans. Carlisle threatened early with a safety due to a Carlisle miscue near the goal line. The game featured lineups and players from both teams including Mastera Fowler and Hall for Berkeley and Kaarsburg Robinson Metowen for Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Carlisle Mastera
Wheelock
Gretaberg
Warren Cormiah
COMET
Smith Athearn
Redwater Pringle
Pierce Womble
Rogers Bum
Hudeon- Robinson
Line on Australian troop contributions to South Africa
Sydney reports the next contingent for service in South Africa will include 400 men from New South Wales, 400 from Victoria, 0 from Queensland, and 200 from South Australia with Tasmania. The New Zealand parliament will consider the matter on Tuesday. Volunteers are numerous.
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Sydney
South Africa
New South Wales
Victor
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Death by own action near Puyallup ends life
Mrs Pau line Lueck wife of August Luck died by suicide south of Puyallup by cutting her throat with a Dutcher Knife. Dr Herrick deemed no coroner inquest necessary and said she had mental unbalance since her first husband Fred Bolinger was killed by a Northern Pacific train near McMillan two years ago. She leaves four children, youngest three weeks old.
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Puyallup
Pauline Lueck
August Luck
Herrick
Fred Bolinger
Northern Pacific
McMillan
Real estate transfers filed in county auditor’s office
A list of real estate transfers recorded on Saturday includes Geo Kirk and others to Elizabeth Reed. various parcels traded among the Aitkens Munholland Horefall List Richter Nelson Swan Johnson Therning Backuset Ingalia Hoflus Colwill and others. Amounts range from 40763 to 18000 with dates in December and prior years.
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Geo
Kirk
Eilzabeth
Jane
Henry Aitken
Rudolph
Lota
Seattle
Pverett
Henry Munholland
Jas O'Neal
Joasie C
Thos. Horefall
A. M. Madget
Great Northern
Hal-fara
eGo
Hugh J. McBortey
Mary EF. Golay
Anna Mess
Thow & Lippy
Maynard
Gunt Nelson
Swan Johnson
Jacob Therning
Nettle Ro Hansicker
D. T. Denny
Market Quotations and Freight Prices From West Street
Tuesday morning consignments from the California steamer were unloaded on West Street with Japanese and navel oranges and cauliflowers leading. Prices offered by local dealers for delivery at Beattie include grain oats at 20 to 21, barley 16.40 to 17, wheat feed 17, bran 14, shorts 15 to 16, rye 21, hay and alfalfa values, and poultry and stock figures for dressed meat and hides.
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West Street
Hall
Farallon
Beattie
Puget Sound
Washington
al. Faifa
Diverse farm and market prices listed for Yakima and Northwest region
A long readable OCR page lists numerous commodity prices by item and origin including Angora goats sheep potatoes beets carrots onions cauli flowers lettuce turnips radish pumpkins and more. It also covers meats dairy poultry fish nuts and lumber with regional notes such as Yakima Puget Sound Eastern Washington and Olympia.
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Rte
THE
WAR Veterans
Big St. Paul Blaze
Berkeley Warriors
BAN Francibco
Ber
Keley
Carlisle Indians
Princeton
Harvard
Lisle
Derkeley
Koorsburg
Volunteers For
Africa
Angora
Askina
Iowa
Elgin
White Star
Colin Special
Olympia
Red Cedar
Java
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Lion
Louch, Augustine & CO
Washington State
State of
Becond
Madison
Bee A Avenue
N. Y Block
E. H. Johnson
Fast India Tea Co
Tel
Greens
Pike St
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
San Francisco
Queen
Walla Walla
Umatilla
Alaska
Seattie
Cottage City
City of Topeka
J. FP
Trowbridge
Ocean Dock
Uptown
First Avenue
Goodall, Perkins & Co
Washington & Alaska Steamship Company
Fast
City of Seattle
Galle
Vester Wharf
Skagway
Vancouver
Ketchikan
Junea
Port
Omhoune, Tye? Ih & CO. Inc
Old and Reliable Abstract Company
Cherry Street
P.P. Carroll
Admiralty
Patents
Hroom
Hinckley Block
Chak, N
ENOS
Haller Building
J. Hi, Naylor
Enohomish Co
Bullivan Block
W. D. Lambuth
KE. W. Houghton
Collinge Block
Wilson's Business
Ollege
Main
Bridge Builders and Contractors
Seattle Bridc CO
Handall
Green
Seattle Clothes Pressing Co
Dancing Academy
City
Manke Hall
Fifth and
Pike
Grell, Damus and Osner
Madison Street
Fuller & Waterhouse
E. A. Humphreys
Pacific Block
HOTEL
York
First Av
Ee Hotel Savoy—Pleasant Rooms
Jung
Alaska Junk Co
Western Avenue
James Bothwell
Boston Block
Ge. L. McAllister
Pionee Neer Hide
Hansen
Cor
Apple Arpa Appros de
Metropolitan Printing and Binding Co
Blue
Barnes & CO
Starr-Boyé Building
H. Hensel
Mfr
Hanson
Columbia Street
Iruning
C. H. Nelson
Care Star Office
E. Chapin's
6Th & Pike
BANKS
USA
General Banking
Brtemne
James D. Hoge
Maurice McMick Socoan
Lester Turner
Esesed Rh. F. Parkburet
Europe
Puget Sound National Bank
SBA
Jacob Furth
Bk.c, Neuwfelder
R. V. Ankeny
United States
Yukon
Pacific & Arctic Railway and Navigation Company
British Columbia Yukon Railway Co
British Yukon M. T. & T. Co
Lake Bennett
B.C
Dawson
Atlin, Dawn and
Cape Nome
Fr. P. Meyer
Wash
Ss. M. Irwin
Trafic
Dexter Horton Building
Holden Niagara
Golden Niagara
W. S. Mayfield Family
Santa Ana
Seattle-Yukon Transportation CO
Columbia
Sander & Hayes
Pioneer Square
Dally Calatilea
A. Corcoran
Mt Vernon
Spokane Island
T. Paul
Chicago
Greyhound
Everett-Seattle
Piverett
the Martin
N. B. Curtis
Washburn
Azuitars
Winter & Harperturke Building
Second Ave
Marion St
Co BE
Edward Seal
Marion Street
Seattle - Wash
Cameron's
Railroad Avenue
P.O. Tel
Hutt
Butterworth, & Sonsuperinters
Monty
Colman Block
Seattle, Wash
Wightman
Yesler Way
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